| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date | Time | Series |
| Dr. Ayse Guveli | Department of Sociology, Essex University | TBC | 12/10/2011 | 13:00 | Staff/Student Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| | Department of Sociology, University of Essex | Essex Sociology New Books Seminar | 13/10/2011 | 16:00 | Departmental Seminar Series |
| Dr. Travis Kong | Hong Kong University | Queer Asian Studies | 19/10/2011 | 13:00 | CISC Seminar Series |
| Prof Mark Harvey | Sociology Dept and ESRC Sustainable Practices Research Group | ‘Reflections on water – historical and contemporary.’ | 20/10/2011 | 16:00 | CRESI Seminar Series |
| Carol Hakins | Department of Sociology, Essex University | A case study on shifting relations of class, culture and gender in the use of allotments. | 26/10/2011 | 13:00 | Staff/Student Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Rizwaan Sabir | University of Strathclyde | ‘Counterinsurgency as Counterterrorism in the UK’s War on Terror’ | 27/10/2011 | 16:00 | Departmental Seminar Series |
| Dr. Judith Bueno de Mesquita | School of Law, Essex University | International human rights - their relevance to sexual orientation and gender identity | 02/11/2011 | 13:00 | CISC Seminar Series |
| Dr Esther Ruiz Ben, Senior Research Officer | Department of Sociology, University of Essex | ‘The role of end-users in the Transformation of Broadband provision in Sweden and the UK’. | 03/11/2011 | 16:00 | CRESI Seminar Series |
| Dr. Darren Thiel | Department of Sociology, Essex University | Builders, bodies and bifurcations: how London construction workers ‘learn to labour’ | 09/11/2011 | 13:00 | Staff/Student Lunchtime Seminar Series |
| Dr. Andrew Barry | University of Oxford | ‘The Political Situation’ | 10/11/2011 | 16:00 | Departmental Seminar Series |